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Speaking of Abbott, blackie you can blame it on the feckless politicians like Trump and Abbott who feared the maskless crowd and did nothing to to make any kind of reopening safe and anything but essentially temporary. The only leadership the people in Texas have had through this has come from local leaders like Mayor's and city councils and County Judges and county commissioners courts. To this day there is a refusal to lead by anyone over the local level in this state.

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Abbott buckled when the anti-maskers marched on the state capitol. This never should have been a political issue--just listen to the experts. As someone who regularly deals with local governments all over the state, I think you are 100% correct that they have salvaged what they could with local orders. Especially smaller entities.

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Health experts can tell you what activities are likely to spread the disease and the likely impact in magnitude and severity. They cannot tell you how much infection is "worth it" when it comes to shutting down the economy. That is essentially a policy call that can be informed by the experts opinions, but there isn't a "follow the science" answer as to whether you should allow, for example, the retail sector in Texas to simply go out of business forever. It is all cost-benefit analysis.

Now some calls seem easy. Any responsible politician/leader should have said to the anti-maskers that they needed to grow up and mask up, and passing out a fine for those not wearing in a pandemic is perfectly reasonable. Similarly, when the George Floyd thing turned into endless marches, the politicians should have been very clear that, while they understood the reasons for the march, this couldn't happen now because a lot more people than George Floyd would die by these actions. Leadership has been sorely lacking from all quarters.

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Health experts can tell you what activities are likely to spread the disease and the likely impact in magnitude and severity. They cannot tell you how much infection is "worth it" when it comes to shutting down the economy. That is essentially a policy call that can be informed by the experts opinions, but there isn't a "follow the science" answer as to whether you should allow, for example, the retail sector in Texas to simply go out of business forever. It is all cost-benefit analysis.

Now some calls seem easy. Any responsible politician/leader should have said to the anti-maskers that they needed to grow up and mask up, and passing out a fine for those not wearing in a pandemic is perfectly reasonable.

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Squatch Hunter said:

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I do not know how many D1 programs will survive without television revenue. Perhaps we play in the spring?

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Big12Bear said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Health experts can tell you what activities are likely to spread the disease and the likely impact in magnitude and severity. They cannot tell you how much infection is "worth it" when it comes to shutting down the economy. That is essentially a policy call that can be informed by the experts opinions, but there isn't a "follow the science" answer as to whether you should allow, for example, the retail sector in Texas to simply go out of business forever. It is all cost-benefit analysis.

Now some calls seem easy. Any responsible politician/leader should have said to the anti-maskers that they needed to grow up and mask up, and passing out a fine for those not wearing in a pandemic is perfectly reasonable.

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The mask cultists fail to comprehend that the masks actually serve as incubation centers for the virus. And if you think it prevents you from getting the virus, it'd be akin to trying to prevent a mosquito from coming in your yard by putting up a chain link fence.

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Big12Bear said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Health experts can tell you what activities are likely to spread the disease and the likely impact in magnitude and severity. They cannot tell you how much infection is "worth it" when it comes to shutting down the economy. That is essentially a policy call that can be informed by the experts opinions, but there isn't a "follow the science" answer as to whether you should allow, for example, the retail sector in Texas to simply go out of business forever. It is all cost-benefit analysis.

Now some calls seem easy. Any responsible politician/leader should have said to the anti-maskers that they needed to grow up and mask up, and passing out a fine for those not wearing in a pandemic is perfectly reasonable.

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The mask cultists fail to comprehend that the masks actually serve as incubation centers for the virus. And if you think it prevents you from getting the virus, it'd be akin to trying to prevent a mosquito from coming in your yard by putting up a chain link fence.

Even Fauci and co initially admitted that a mask would not do ANY GOOD AT ALL before pivoting and they're continuing to make it up as they go.

Critical thinking skills are not present in sheep.

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Bearprof said:

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We have been told for 40 years the folksy tale that somehow the government is the enemy.

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Big12Bear said:

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OsoCoreyell said:

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Health experts can tell you what activities are likely to spread the disease and the likely impact in magnitude and severity. They cannot tell you how much infection is "worth it" when it comes to shutting down the economy. That is essentially a policy call that can be informed by the experts opinions, but there isn't a "follow the science" answer as to whether you should allow, for example, the retail sector in Texas to simply go out of business forever. It is all cost-benefit analysis.

Now some calls seem easy. Any responsible politician/leader should have said to the anti-maskers that they needed to grow up and mask up, and passing out a fine for those not wearing in a pandemic is perfectly reasonable.

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The mask cultists fail to comprehend that the masks actually serve as incubation centers for the virus. And if you think it prevents you from getting the virus, it'd be akin to trying to prevent a mosquito from coming in your yard by putting up a chain link fence.

Even Fauci and co initially admitted that a mask would not do ANY GOOD AT ALL before pivoting and they're continuing to make it up as they go.

Critical thinking skills are not present in sheep.

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I do not know how many D1 programs will survive without television revenue. Perhaps we play in the spring?

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Hopefully. Honestly I hope so for all the college student's sake. I have a kid in college and I think this whole thing sucks for these kids.

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Speaking of Abbott, blackie you can blame it on the feckless politicians like Trump and Abbott who feared the maskless crowd and did nothing to to make any kind of reopening safe and anything but essentially temporary. The only leadership the people in Texas have had through this has come from local leaders like Mayor's and city councils and County Judges and county commissioners courts. To this day there is a refusal to lead by anyone over the local level in this state.

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But it became political from the git-go when on the very day it was recommended by the medical people to wear masks, it was no sooner out of Fauci's mouth than Trump proclaimed he wasn't going to wear one.

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GrowlTowel said:

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blackie said:

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Speaking of Abbott, blackie you can blame it on the feckless politicians like Trump and Abbott who feared the maskless crowd and did nothing to to make any kind of reopening safe and anything but essentially temporary. The only leadership the people in Texas have had through this has come from local leaders like Mayor's and city councils and County Judges and county commissioners courts. To this day there is a refusal to lead by anyone over the local level in this state.

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But it became political from the git-go when on the very day it was recommended by the medical people to wear masks, it was no sooner out of Fauci's mouth than Trump proclaimed he wasn't going to wear one.

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Some revisionists history here . . . CDC and Fauci first said that masks would not protect you from the virus and in fact were more dangerous because people would touch their faces more often.

Sending conflicting messages is never advisable.

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Jack Bauer said:

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37 Clemson football players have tested positive for Covid.

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historian said:

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Calm down people. It's called satire.

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Honky Tonk Lives Matter??? That is BULL S H I T!!!!!!! All Lives Matter!

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PartyBear said:

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Hmm.... I'm not sure there is enough time at this point for things to substantially improve. In states such as Texas and Florida, the state governments will use the time to create more disaster.

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PartyBear said:

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Hmm.... I'm not sure there is enough time at this point for things to substantially improve. In states such as Texas and Florida, the state governments will use the time to create more disaster.

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BearTruth13 said:

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This year SUCKS

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